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Originally posted by JLeephoto
Surely no predators are after them. Maybe their just happy!
idk about that dnr does some extensive shark tagging in this area…
few weeks back they had a survery boat pulled against the tide and was maintaning 4.1kts on the gps they decided best thing to do was cut the line… they assume it was a large tiger shark… but without seeing it no way to tell.
me personally i have yet to see a stergon jump past the range marker near the shell banks… i have also never caught a shark or even a pup past the same point… which i find very odd considering its saltwater… yet i have seen dolphin up in the black river 10 miles…
bulls are known to be both fresh/salt and give birth in brackish but i have yet to see or catch anything…
the vid of the sturgeon was crazy i seen it the other def a catcho f a life time on camera…
i have only seen a few pics of caught sturgeon and they are quite old pics… im sure it could be done but iirc they are protected…
Many, many years ago they used to catch sturgeon with gill nets for their roe (eggs)and meat too. They are almost impossible to catch with tackle…mouths so hard the hook won’t go in and plus they are bottom feeders. They are protected now. In Florida, you will see signs saying beware of jumping sturgeons…they can get quite big and do a lot of damage to your boat and crew. They have been known to jump right in a boat. No one seems to know why they do this but July and August seem to be the most active months. A lot of them hang around the north US 17 bridge.
Dave
Pawleys Island
Coming in contact or trying to catch stureon in SC can get you in major trouble! However they can be caught with rod and reel but are extremely hard to land and very dangerous. They mostly feed on bottom crustaceans and produce hundreds of thousands of eggs. The roe is highly valuable but is no longer harvested since they have been protected. They jump because they need to equalize pressure in their swim bladders when going up and down to different depths. For now all we can do is watch in awe at this glorious species as it leaps, i have seen them from all the way up in the river by reserve marina to the jetties in past years. Hope all this info helps!
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If you run down the shell banks you will see three very tight pilings with shell banks on both sides at low tide. You can take your boat straight through those pilings and make direct line to jones creek. That is 10% of the battle jones creek is 90%
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